ENGINEERS IN SOCIETY

LAW FOR ENGINEERS

(ENVIRONMENTAL LAW)

DR. FATEHAH MOHD OMAR

27 FEB 2017
SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
ROOM 3.38
EMAIL: cefatehah@usm.my

RUBRICS BY DR. FATEHAH MOHD OMAR

• ATTENDANCE 4 %
• PRESENTATIONS 4 %
• QUIZ 4 %
• PADLET 4 %
• ASSESSMENT 4 %
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• TOTAL 20% TEST (80%) = 100%
QUIZ
1. What is the name of the agency that
works to develop and enforce regulations
that implement environmental laws?

A. Division of Environment
B. Department of Environment
C. Environmental Agency Malaysia
D. Environmental Organization
 2. What does EQA stand for?

A. Environmental Quality Assurance

B. Environmental Quantity Act
C. Environment Quantity Act
D. Environmental Quality Act
 3. What is the purpose of the
Environmental Quality Act?
A. To prevent, abate, control of pollution and enhancement
of the environment.
B. To charge and arrest the environmental offenders who
stubbornly discharges pollution.
C. To enhance, protect and beautify the environment from
pollution.
D. To develop stringent regulations, summonses for
environmental offenders in order to protect the
environment.
4. In which year was the Environmental
Quality Act enforced?

A. 1957
B. 1963
C. 1981
D. 1974
5. How many PARTS are there in the
Arrangement of Sections in the EQA 1974?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7
6. What is the top position in the
Department of Environment?

A. Secretary General
B. Director General
C. Minister
D. Prime Minister
7. The following events describes best that
pollution is occurring EXCEPT?
A. Discharge of untreated effluent in the
municipal drains.
B. Release of ammonia toxic fumes in the
air at night.
C. Burying organic refuse in the backyard.
D. Disposing chemical sludge in the sea.
8. In the video “Global Environmental
Problems”, the following issues are
highlighted EXCEPT?

A. Atmopheric pollution.
B. Raw material hunger.
C. Landfill pollution.
D. Waste formation.
9. The number one cause of tropical
deforestation worldwide is:

A. Commercial logging.
B. Uncontrolled wildfire.
C. Clearing of lands for agricultural use.
D. Building of roads and cities.
10. In the United States, the environmental laws
are enacted by Congress. Who enacts the
environmental law in Malaysia?
A. The Prime Minister with consent by
Parliament.
B. Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in the
Parliament.
C. Duli Yang Maha Mulia Seri Paduka Baginda
Yang di-Pertuan Agong with consent by
Parliament.
D. Director-General of DOE.
WHAT’S YOUR SCORE?
WHAT DO YOU SEE?
Air Pollution
 SOIL
POLLUTION
Water Pollution
QUESTION:

HOW TO
OVERCOME
POLLUTION
PROBLEMS
AND
RELENTLESS
POLLUTERS
 WHY NEED ENVIROMENTAL LAW?
vEnvironmental pollution has become one of the
greatest threats to mankind.
vEnvironmental disasters are more frequent with
increasingly serious consequences.
vEnvironmental pollution does not respect national
boundaries: transnational action is required.
vUltimately, laws will ensure that companies who pollute
are the ones paying the costs of preventing or repairing
damage to the environment.
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT (Act 127)
General Content
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I – PRELIMINARY
PART II – ADMINISTRATION
PART III – LICENCES
PART IV – PROHIBITION AND CONTROL OF
POLLUTION
PART V – CONTROL OF SCHEDULED WASTES
PART VA – PAYMENT OF CLASS AND
ENVIRONMENTAL FUND
PART VI – MISCELLANEOUS
LIST OF REGULATIONS – AIR POLLUTION

Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations 1978

Revoked by PU(A) 151/2014

Environmental Quality (Declared Activities) (Open

Burning) Order 2003

Environmental Quality (Clean Air) Regulations 2014

LIST OF REGULATIONS – WATER POLLUTION
Environmental Quality (Delegation of Powers on Marine Pollution
Control) Order 1993

Environmental Quality (Delegation of Powers on Marine Pollution

Control) Order 1994

Environmental Quality (Control of Pollution From Solid Waste

Transfer Station and Landfill) Regulations 2009

Environmental Quality (Sewage) Regulations 2009

Environmental Quality (Industrial Effluent) Regulations 2009

LIST OF REGULATIONS – SOIL POLLUTION

Environmental Quality (Control of Pollution From Solid

Waste Transfer Station and Landfill) Regulations 2009

Environmental Quality (Delegation of Powers)

(Investigation on Erosion and Sediment Control) Order
2012
LIST OF REGULATIONS – DEVELOPMENT

Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities)

(Enviromental Impact Assessment) Order 1987
Revoked by PU(A) 195/2015

Environmental Quality (Prescribed Activities)

(Environmental Impact Assessment) Order 2015
 PART IV
PROHIBITION AND CONTROL
OF POLLUTION
 PART IV – PROHIBITION AND CONTROL OF
POLLUTION
Power to specify conditions of emission,
Section 21 discharge, etc.
Section 22 Restrictions on pollution of the atmosphere.

Section 23 Restrictions on noise pollution.

Section 24 Restrictions on pollution of the soil

Section 25 Restrictions on pollution of inland waters.

 PART IV – PROHIBITION AND CONTROL OF
POLLUTION
Prohibition of discharge of oil into
Section 27 Malaysian waters.
Prohibition of discharge of wastes into
Section 29 Malaysian waters.

Section 29A Prohibition on open burning.

Section 29AA Exclusion from “open burning”.

Owner or occupier of premises liable for

Section 29B
open burning.
 WHO GOVERNS OUR
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW?
 PART II
ADMINISTRATION
 PART II
ADMINISTRATION
3. Director General and other officers.
4. Establishment of the Environmental Quality Council.
5. Duration of office and eligibility of re-appointment.
6. Disqualification, resignation and vacation from office.
7. Calling of meetings, quorum, voting, procedure and
minutes.
8. Presiding officer at meeting of the Council.
9. Renumeration.
 PART II
ADMINISTRATION
Duties and Functions of Director General and other officers.

[a] To administer the EQA and any regulations and orders

made thereunder.

[b] Responsible to coordinate all activities related to the

waste discharge into the environment.
 PART II
ADMINISTRATION
Duties and Functions of Director General and other officers.

[c] To prevent or control pullution and protecting and

enhancing the quality of the environment.

[d] To recommend to the Minister for the environment

protection policy or any portion of the environment with
respect to its protection, enhancement and quality.